Articles Archive for December 2013

The third season of Disney Junior’s Emmy-winning hit series Jake and the Never Land Pirates debuts this Friday – January 3 – on Disney Channel and Disney Junior.
The new season will feature new characters including pirate ghosts, mummies, and robots, while Jake and his crew will discover special superpowers and new gadgets.
Some of the new gadgets include a Mega-Mecha Sword for Jake, a robot suit, and an invisibility ring that helps the gang outwit their adversaries.
Special guest stars this season include Jack McBrayer as a pirate mummy, Mark Hamill as …

The New Year is bringing new duds and more for Duffy the Disney Bear.
The year starts with an all-new 12-inch pre-dressed Duffy celebrating 2014, and he will be joined by a reversible costume that features St. Patrick’s Day and Easter.
In February guests can dress Duffy in several new costumes including Stitch, a yellow Disney Parks rain poncho, and a deluxe costume inspired by Walt Disney’s Pinocchio that comes with a small Jiminy Cricket plush doll.
Two pre-dressed bears will also be released in February – one is inspired by Steamboat Willie …

More than 600 of the best youth soccer clubs are participating in Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by A.S. Roma from now through January 3 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
This year’s showcase includes 336 boys’ teams and 328 girls’ teams from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, and Guatemala.
The event is rated as the country’s top youth soccer tournament in a Soccer America survey, and three divisions of US Soccer Federations Development Academy Clubs are participating in addition to the US Youth Soccer National League.
The even started December …

Disney pin collectors have a lot to look forward to in 2014 with new monthly and quarterly pin collections arriving throughout the New Year.
Returning next year is the monthly “Piece of Disney History” collection. This collection was first introduced in 2005 and each limited edition pin contains small pieces of items from attractions or shows.
The Walt Disney World “Piece of History” collection will contain items from the SpectroMagic parade, while the Disneyland collection will contain items from various attractions from the park, including a purple glove from Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon …

Creating a budget to save money for a Disney vacation just got a little bit easier with the new Disney Vacation Account online program that was recently launched by the Walt Disney Travel Company.
The Disney Vacation Account allows guests to create a personalized budget and savings plan for vacations to the Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, and Adventures by Disney.
Getting started with a Disney Vacation Account is as easy as creating an account and then using the Budget Estimator to estimate the cost of a …

The two teams facing off in the 100th Rose Bowl Game on January 1 made an appearance at the Disneyland Resort on December 26.
The No. 5 BCS-ranked Stanford Cardinal and the No. 4 BCS-ranked Michigan State Spartans took part in a special ceremony at Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle.
Stanford coach David Shaw and Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio appeared with members of their teams along with Disneyland Resort President Michael Colglazier, Mickey Mouse, and the Disneyland Band.
After the ceremony the teams were scheduled to appear at several areas around the Disneyland …

The ESPN Digital Media team launched an all-new SportsCenter app for iOS and Android phones last month and to date more than 10.6 million people have explored the app.
Users who had the ScoreCenter app received the new SportsCenter app as an update to ScoreCenter. The ScoreCenter app had been downloaded to more than 43 million devices.
ESPN’s Senior Vice President of Digital Product Development Ryan Spoon said the new app was not a replacement for ScoreCenter, but rather a way to combine scores with videos, articles, analysis, social activity, and more.
Spoon …

The Doc McStuffins: Time For Your Check Up! app has just been released for Android devices in Google Play and for Kindle tablets in the Amazon Appstore.
This app is one of Disney Junior’s most successful iOS apps and was recently named the 11th most popular iPad app of 2013 by Apple.
It is an activity-based app the allows players to join Doc, Hallies, Lambie, and the other friends as they fix, sort, and care for toys and dolls.
Players can choose from four developmental activities inside Doc’s clinic including: Check-Up, Mixupitis, Doctor’s …

The Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Company have elected Jack Dorsey, chairman of Twitter and CEO of Square, Inc., as an independent director.
Dorsey co-founded Twitter and posted the world’s first tweet – “just setting up my twttr” – on March 21, 2006.
Twitter now has more than 230 million active users around the world who create nearly 500 million tweets every day. Dorsey was the president and chief executive officer of Twitter before becoming president in 2008.
“Jack Dorsey is a talented entrepreneur who has helped create groundbreaking new businesses …

Guests sailing the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy have a chance to purchase a new line of women’s apparel.
The line – called The DCL Project – was developed by merchandiser Laura Caszatt who has also created merchandise for Tren-D in the Downtown Disney Marketplace.
The DCL Project was inspired by the latest marketplace trends and the nautical themes include images of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. The items in the collection contain a special hangtag with the DCL Project logo.
The cotton apparel items include tank tops and other tops, and feature …